Good news, I completed my paralegal course, with flying colors! I should have my certificate this week. I know it doesn't sound like a GREAT accomplishment or anything but it was harder for me this time, since I have not been in school for over 20 years. So, it's a HUGE deal for me. Now, on to my bachelor's! Any advice on a good field to choose? I'd like to hear what y'all think a man that leaves prison should or would be interested in? I'll tell you all my thoughts afterwards.

I want to put to rest ALL the myths about prisoners prolonging their time by filing appeal after appeal after appeal. The simple fact of the matter is that the DA appeals issues that are frivolous that they KNOW they can't win as much as prisoners do. Also, some of us sit for decades waiting for one judge to decide the issues in our cases, fairly, only to discover that the judge has been swayed by politics and won't even follow the laws that he is supposed to uphold. There have been so many cases overturned in this state alone in the past five years because lower court judges were afraid or too biased to do their jobs properly and the Federal courts had to overturn their decisions. That happens all across the country. Exactly why does it take a judge five years to work on one case, only for him to adopt everything that the DA says in their briefs?? There have been men waiting ten years for one judge to work on their case. There are only a couple hundred Capital cases in PA, which are supposed to be "Priority" in the courts since someone's life is at stake and there is so much money and politics involved. No one judge ever has more than five, maybe ten in his court at once. If that many. So, why does it take soooooo long for them to work on them? If you took five years at your job to do ANYTHING, you'd be fired, a month into it! If not a day or week!

Luckily again, we are in the good ole USA and we have a system of checks and balances.

Keep on rumbling!! Later y'all...

Good News!

It's nice and cold outside. I wouldn't know for real though, all I can do is look out of the window and touch the glass to get an idea of how cold it is. I have been doing that for so long that the weather doesn't mean much to me anymore. I'd go out if it was ten below! Unfortunately, if it's under 20 degrees they don't let us go out. I guess they are scared that we'd freeze to death and cheat the system out of the honors. I know they could care less about our health; dudes die in here every year from things that were preventable if the prison ADM. wanted to help them.
OK, a tiny bit of good news. I am done with my paralegal course. I did pretty well too. Now, I have to wait for my paperwork. I finished faster than I planned to. Now, I want to get on to either some advanced courses or to a bachelor's or associate's degree. With you help and other family and friends I will be able to do that. Keep an eye out for our new site too, it's called ANOTHER CHANCE and it will be up soon. We'll give you all all of the details soon. Also, give me some ideas on what makes a good site? What do folks want to see and talk about on a site to keep them interested? Since I have only seen about two of them, I don't really have a clue! Later y'all...

Peace and Love, Osiris
PS Come at me with those questions y'all, anything y'all want to know about the row or prison???